Moving in spurts

We finally moved over the weekend, and although we transferred a few carloads ourselves we hired removalists to help with the big & heavy items - I am far too old to be carrying fridges or sofas down two flights of stairs.

Unfortunately the weather was against us and it was a pretty wet & miserable day with continuous heavy drizzle

The removalists turned up two hours late as well, although once they pulled in we could tell that we'd hired a reputable company.

The two guys manning the van turned out to be completely professional, hard working and very careful of both our stuff and the walls but I'm not sure what our new neighbours thought. Liz also had a chat with one of our old neighbours and her mid 80's mother with the side of the van in plain view behind her, which was apparently a little uncomfortable.  

Anyway, we made it in the end and now we're settling in. More shots of the house to come in the coming week or so, but this is the view looking out from the front of the house.

I'm writing this in the 'study' which looks the same way whilst listening to the crickets and a frog that seems to have made a home in the grass at the front of the house. It'll take some getting used to and it will definitely have its quirks, but this is now home....